Green wins Cooper City commission race; Ross taking mayor's seat

COOPER CITY — Commissioner Jeff Green easily beat local businessman Daniel Barrett on Tuesday for the right to a second term.

"I thank God we were able to come out of this with a victory," Green said Tuesday night. "We won the right way. We were very positive. We felt we had a second term, and the voters agreed. I am so grateful and humbled they will allow me to serve again."

In the mayor's race, attorney Greg Ross won the seat when real estate broker Gary Laufenberg quit less than a week before Election Day.

Laufenberg said he withdrew after a campaign worker was caught on video stealing campaign signs.

"I wish he would not have [withdrawn]," Ross said Tuesday before the polls closed. "I wanted to beat him fair and square."

Ross replaces Debby Eisinger, who is stepping down due to term limits.